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Northern California’s intense battle against smart meters is spreading here. Around the end of this year or sooner, Southern California Edison will be installing smart meters, at customer expense, in Santa Barbara County. The problem is that very few people know the truth about smart meters, and how they adversely impact electrical costs, health, and security.

Where’s the truth? Why don’t consumers know about environmental groups like Sierra Club of San Francisco that are outraged over the 24/7 pulsating radiation emitted from smart meters? Why don’t householders know that no long-term environmental impact studies been done, making us guinea pigs in growing electro smog?

Are you concerned with SCE installing ‘Smart Meters?’

Find out the whys and how to protect your family. Ask the experts, who have set partisanship aside for consumer rights, at the very first Smart Meter Forum in Southern California, which will be held at Fess Parker’s Resort at 7pm on April 28th. Find more information and RSVP at 805-967-7520.

Unbelievable the silly things uninformed people get all worried about. I'm all for smart meters, maybe in the future I will get extra credit when my solar system produces more energy than my home is using. Especially when the grid is running at peak load, which is usually in the afternoon when my solar system is cranking. I think the author should take their scare tatics elsewhere.

There's plenty of reasons to be concerned about smart meters but "pulsating radiation" is not one of them. I'll bet there are several wireless routers in poor Susie's neighborhood bombarding her with more radiation than these meters.

There is obviously something in the air that has most of us going a bit nutty. Susie Thompson is a nice lady. She may be the of same family that has been abused the bar and nightclub scene that actually is harmful to her neighborhood/community. The pulsating unwanted vibes from our city councils and SBPDs lovely bar scene have really dealt her neighborhhood a bad deal.

I think Susie Thompson may be caught up with the irrational side on this issue. But I am glad she has spoken up and I will be paying attention to this issue. There could actually be accumulative impacts from all these meters on top of what we are already exposed to. BTW I seem to recall Susie Thompson's political support for the obviously nutty council member Michael Self, which ordinarily lends to some discredit.

At the Smart Meter Forum, I suggest a large lead box at the door to check all cell phones to avoid the catastrophic concentration of "pulsating radiation," BEFORE, of course, they raise hands in the air and run about, willy-nilly.

The Cancer/Radiation angle is bunk, but I can buy privacy concerns. Used to be they just knew how many KWh you used between meter readings. Now they know what you pull at any second. That can be used for good (pricing structure to flatten the peaks and valleys of demand) or for evil (marketing).

Search for 'smart meters' on the Electronic Frontier Foundation website.

That said, I have one and I don't care. It lets them give me a cut rate most of the time, and a penalty for heavy usage during peak hours on hot days. (I live in an area where AC is essential). Since I don't need my house to be 65F in July, I come out ahead.

The REAL WORRY is the several very large dihydrogen monoxide spills that occurred this past winter. Very high concentrations have apparently been identified near Lake Cachuma. They use this stuff as a fire retardant and a coolant in nuclear reactors, so it can't be good for you.

The new meters interfere with AM Radio signals as bad as any cell phone does. PGE and SCE should have put shielding between their meter and your house. But are too cheap and do not care. Shielding might cost another 10 cents.

And the meters are constantly communicating to the mother computer your usage data. Or when you not at home. When you wake up. And most cell phones can listen. Just imagine a wire tap. The meters are an invasion of privacy and upset the paranoidals. Get the tin foil hat ready.

The meters do not just read your usage monthly like the old ones were read. These are gathering marketing data every minute. They know what is happening in your home 24/7. Even what you are watching on TV. And are good for spotting pot farms orwhen you use your little microwave to cook brownies or popcorn.

Worst, they eliminated all the good paying meter reading jobs. Or if you Opt Out, you are paying to have a human drive out to your house and read the meter.

Hopefully the States or Counties will require their Weights And Measures Division to certify each home meter monthly for accuracy. Just like a gas pump check on petrol cheating.

I think the loss of jobs is the biggest argument against these meters.Declaring they know what you watch on TV ect is pure bs and one should be ashamed to post such nonsense, but I guess that's what pseudonyms are for.